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Filthy_casual on April 27, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hiring Is Broken – My interview experience in the ...

A jack of all trades isn't inherently better at all trades. There's great value to be found in a specialist.

And if you're hiring a front-end pay him as such. If you want him to know more than front-end beforehand, pay him extra.

dmitrygr on April 27, 2016 [–]

specialist != only know one thing

specialist = know one thing well, many things a little

only know one thing = useless one-time-use-tool whom i will contract for exactly my one-time-problem and then move on from

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